Decorative illuminating device



July 25, 1932. J. BLOCK DECORATIVE ILLUMINATING DEVICE Filed Dec. 1'7.1929 A TTORNEYS.

Patented July 26, 1932 UNITED STATES IFPATE NT oFFrcE; v

JOSEPH BLOCLOF BROOKLYN, new YORK, ASSIGNOR- To NOMA RLEcT -Io'coRro A-TION, or NEW YoRK, N. Y., A CORPORATION or NEwYoRR DECORATIVEILLUMINATING DEVICE Application filed December 17, 1929. Serial No.414,653.

This invention relates to decorative illuminating devices.

Among the objects of this invention is to provide a neat, compact andrugged device of the character described which may be made in a widevariety of shapes and designs, which shall be of economicalconstruction, comprise few and simple parts, easy to assemble and whichshall yet be practical,

eflicient and decorative to a high degree.

Other objects of this invention will in part be obvious and in parthereinafter pointed out.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction,combinations of elements, and arrangement of parts which will beexemplified in the construction hereinafter described, and of which thescope of application will be indicated in the following claims.

In the accompanying drawing, in which is shown one of the variouspossible illustrative embodiments of this invention,

Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of a device embodying the inventionwith some of the lamps removed from their sockets;

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a portion of the device illustrating themethod of assembling the same.

Referring now in detail to the drawing, 10 designates the deviceembodying the invention and which comprises gene-rally a frame 11mounting a plurality of electric lamps 12. For the purpose ofillustration only, the frame is shown in the shape of a star, it beingunderstood, however, that any suitable decorative design such as acrescent, diamond, circle shield or the like may be provided by properlybending and shaping the frame, the construction of said frame, as willhereinafter appear, being readily adapted for forming the same in aplurality of shapes.

Said frame 11 comprises a pair of parallel, concentric members 13 and 14such as metal wires or the like, bent and shaped to the desiredconfiguration. The inner wire 14 may be made in several parts spotwelded or otherwise attached to each other as at 15, portions mination..Near the corners 22 of the star,

the rings 19, may be attached to adjacent angularly disposed portionsofthe outer wire 13. Therings obviously provide. reinforce I ment for theframe sin'cethey form anumber of interconnecting members for attachingthe inner wire frame to the outer wire frame 13." The rings-19arefurthermore preferably split as at 25 for the purpose'hereinafterdescribed. 1 r f i Mounted within each of-the ring members19 isa lamp.socket 27. Said sockets are preferably of the pin type, being providedwith an outwardly flanged front portion 28 and with a rear portionhaving parala lel grooves 29 and pins 30 extendinginto the said grooves,and connected to, thevcentral contact and screw shell of'said socket inany suitable manner. The outer end of each socket 27 is provided with ascrew threaded portion 31 for receiving'a cap member 32." Upon screwingsaid cap member 32 onto the screw threaded portion 31, a pair ofinsulated conductors 331received in said-grooves 29 are pressed againstthe pins 30 which pierce the insulation for contacting the conductorwires, thus electrically connecting the socket in parallel across saidconductors. It will thus be noted that the socket portion 27 may firstbe inserted into the ring mounting member 19, the conductor wiresinserted into the grooves, and the cap member 32 then applied in themanner hereinabove described. The flange 28, as well as the outer rimportion 35 of the cap 32 is larger than the inner di ameter of the ring19. Thus once the socket has been assembled on the ring the same cannotbe removed due to the enlarged portions 28 and on both sides of thering. This construction thus provides means whereby loss of the socketsfrom the mounting members 19 will be prevented.

Since the rings 19 are split, the same may resiliently engage thesockets for tightly gripping and retaining the same against movement. Asshown in Fig. 1 of the drawing, one end of each of said conductors 33 isconnected to a socket 37 whereas the other end is attached to a plugmember 38, whereby the device 10 may be attached either to a source ofelectrical power or to similar units in parallel. The bulbs 40'Whenmounted in 1 the sockets 27, it will be noted, cover the socket and loop19, so that when the lamps are illuminated, said loops and sockets maynot be seen from the front of the device'thus presenting a highlydecorative and artistic effect.

It will thus be seen that there is provided a device in which theseveral objects of this invention are achieved, and which is welladapted to meet the conditions of practical use.

' As various possible embodiments might be made of the above invention,and as various changes might be made in the embodiment If above setforth, it is to'be understood that all matter herein set forth or shownin the accompanying drawing is to be interpreted as illustrative and notin a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new and desire-to secureby-Letters Patent:

5 '1. A decorative device of the character described'comprising a frameformed of a pair of parallel members, rings fixed to and interconnectingsaid members, and lamp sockets mounted on said rings, said rings beingsplit for tightly gripping said sockets. g

2. A decorative illuminating unit comprising-a frame having a pair ofspaced concen- -tric coplanar members, and a plurality of spacedinterconnecting split ring members attached at diametric points thereofdirectly to said concentric members and disposed in the same planetherewith, said ring members serving to space said concentric members adistance apart substantially equal to the outer diameter of said ringmembers.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

JOSEPH BLOCK.

